New Yorkers Don’t Heart Smoking in Apartment Buildings: Report

May 11, 2012

Most New York voters — 59 percent! — want to live in a smoke-free building, according to a new Quinnipiac University Poll.

The sampled voting bloc — 1,066 people — doesn’t want City Hall to step in to ban indoor smoking, but is uncertain about the so-called “Nanny Government,” with 45-48 percent saying that pols should discourage unhealthy eating and drinking.

“New York City voters have a love-hate relationship with ‘Nanny Government.’ They would like their landlord or their condo or coop board to ban indoor smoking, but they don’t want City Hall to pressure building owners to take that step,” Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, told reporters.

“Only about one-third of voters say the Bloomberg Administration has gone too far trying to make us healthier. A total of 58 percent say those measures are about right or not enough. But then voters are divided on whether government should be involved all.